Hoisting and weighing apparatus



July 7, 1925.

O. MORIN HOISTING AND WEIGHING APPARATUS '4 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed Feb. 5, 1925 July 7,1925. r r 1,545,346

0. MORIN HOIS TING AND WEIGHINC: APPARATUS File Feb. 5. 1923 heats-sheet 2 July 7, 1925.

O. MORIN I HOISTING AND WEIGHING APPARATUS Filed Feb. 5, 1923 4 Sheets-Sheet 5 0. MORIN HOISTING AND WEIGHING APPARATUS July 7, 1925.

4 Sheets-Sheet 4 Filed Feb. 5, 1925 Which-n 1 a Patented July 7, 1925.

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Ta call whom it may GOHCBTWIQ- v v Be it known thatI, O'rrmo Momm citizen of the Republic of Gwba and residieiat of Palos, Province of liabaai a', Guba, have invented certain new and useth vl Improvements in Hoisting; a'ndVVei gh-ing Appaamtas, of which the ilollowingis a spe'eifieationi This: invention relates to improvements in apparatus for hoisting and Weighing loads lpartieularly' apparatus used for transferring sugar came from thecar-tsto the; railroad cars" in the sugar plants and its object is to provide an improved paTatus of. that class which at the same time that iteffeets'the transf'el" oi the sugar cane, takes its weight at any p'e'iim t of its have},

with the" pa rfiieulal i ty' that in the same eliminated the statiom a ry' inclined track on which travels the earlier item which u'stt'ail y hangs the frame holding the" load thi ough a suspension member, the carrier being: sul stitutecl by a trolley from which haaa gs the lira-me holdi u'githe l oaxh without the intermediation: of a; suspension cable" 01 chain, and vh ieh trolley Bunsby gravity on a beam or proper" transferring: :member' which capable of taking d ifierent positions at (lilt ferenthei ghts arid atd ifferent opposite inelinations fen theoperations ofi hoisti r rg, transporting am ddischarging: the lead}: this beambeingr, suspended from a system of levezrs mounted: at even balance hm the same tram-e01 the apparatus and connected to the weighing beam 04? a Weighing. scale, thereby laTgel'y simplifiyinggthe construction 0% the weighing and tnansfierfiingn apparatus and the lflotions oi the load heimgz rendei ed more easygtlie: weighing operation being thus facilitateda l The: invention' is dese1*i1be d{Witl1 refenen'ee w. the figrwl esv of the am1exedidiaWmg5= m 1 Fig. 1 isaa side elevation of the hoisflimg and Weighing; appaliaztus formifig the subject matter or! this invention; 1 1

Fig. 2: isan: upper plan View 0% the same:

3 is an end elevationi oi the" apparatus:

Fig; 4 1s an opposite" end elevation of the apparatus. a

I Fig. 5' is a1 partial side elevatien: of the apparatus showing; an different position to that illustrated in Fig; 1.

gA-ndFig. 63 is a perspeeti ve view oh the tnafisferningi beam: and ezfi the system of weighing. levers constituting: the apparatus;

This. nh'oisti-ng appaflatue comprises a tram-Ilewhich is composed of two stan'd'afds 1 at one endwhi'eh are supported on a girder 2 and eoiineo'ted' by: atrahsverse bolt 3 ata eel-twin height; and two staaidal 'ds 4 at the other end Which-ate supported on a" girder 5 and e'om-i'e'eted by a transverse bolt 6' loo'ated' at a lower level than bolt 3 with the object that will behereinafiter explained, the standards 1 being rei nforee'd 'by side stays 'F and the standards 1b y side stays as the standards 1 and each standard 1 1s 1 thehol ste'rs 9 a1 e'meu htedl tw o levers of second class 1'0-1 and 11 in sulastaaa fiia l' hosi- -zontal positioi r on th'esaan'e' level, 0i which levers t'he l'ever' 10vi's1the-len'ge1 and bears near the standards A through mite bruit- Mons-12 in side hooks forming a; lower ex tension 01 a clamp rod 1 3* which through another upper' central hook hangs: trons a; crossh OTiZODhWIZlD'aflaHCB knife 13 'slipp'om ted on flwo'supportin" Lan'g'le plates f-ihced oi-i theiuppeli fiaces o' b'ol stel s il. Eleven 11' hears which depends clamprod l 'GM'rlti'oli thi oil 'gli another upper oentl al liook hangs iliohn a cross horizontal balance lfin ife 16 s'tq p po ftfetl the upper" faces otfi bolstfei' s 91 *Flie levers 1'O -an'd' 11 are" connected: fiheii iniier ends at the bottom and two at? the-top; oI'i knife truiihions 20 2x1161 521 parojecti ngifrom thesides ofi said: levers and tl fihiii'ofis; 22 and QS -Whi'oh project from intermediate @oii its; of a third short arm lever" 2 12' Said: lever bears above the holsters 9 am through knife trunniehs' 251111" side hooks ir'o'm deperrds a clamp suspensieii red 26*wh-is1 1 th rou gl i an otlier' d a er "Genera-13 116011 time transverseheritohtal balaneekmfe 2'7 sup: ported emtwo supportin angle: pleases 24. Lever 32 is mounted on knife trunnions 33 which are suspended by'a hook 34'fr01n trunnions 35v which hear at 36 on the upper 'ends of standards 1. This fourth lever 32 carries at its inner end a counterweight 37 whlch slides on a'gulde 38 fixed below said .lever, and this same lever 32 is connected at its outer end with a double'clamp rod 39 mounted through end hooks on knife trunnions 40'and 41 respectively. Said knife trunnions 40 and 41 project from the sides of this fourth lever and from a point midway the length'iof a fifth lever 42 which is of the second class and is arranged in transverse relation to the frame of the apparatus and above the corresponding end of the bolsters 9 at a level about thes'ame as the lever 24. Said lever 42 is connected at one end with a double clamp rod 43 mount ed through end hooks on knife trunnion; 44 and 45 which respectively project. from the sides. of an end of this fifth lever and from the sides of the adjacent projecting end ofone of the bolsters 9. The other end of this lever 42 is connected through a tie-rod 46 mounted through hooks on the knife trunnions 46 which project from the sides of said lever 42, with the leverarm 47 of a weigh scale 48 arranged onthe ground outside the standards 1. I provide a weighing beam 48 to receive the tension strength transmitted through the system of levers described, as will be hereinafter explained.

Between both standards 1 and between both standards 4is suspended a'transferring beam 49 which has an ascending-and: de scendingqmotion and also a. tiltingmotion in opposite directions, bytmeansof a hoisting cable 50. This cable 50 has. an end tied'to an eye bolt 51 fixed near the standards 4 at the lower face of lever 10, but more to the inside thereof than fulcrum point. ,Said cable 50 passes under a sheave 52 which is'connected at 53 to the beam 49. Said cable 50 then leadsup to pass above sheave 55 whose supporting clamp 56 is fixed below the inner face 10. and near the eye bolt 51. Said cable 50 then passes below the lever 10 to pass. above another sheave 57 whose supporting clamp 58 is fixed below the inner face of lever 10 near the opposite end thereof. Said cable 50 then passes under a sheave 59 which is connected at 60 to the beam 49 near the standards l'and vertically corresponding to the separation between the two levers 10 and 11. Said cable then passes above the sheave 61 whose supporting clamp depends from one end of the lever 11, and

said cable 50 also passes over the sheave 63.

2. To said drum 65 is rigidly connected a l large wheel? 2 on which is wound the. cable 73 to be pulled by oxen, there being annexed to said wheela sheave 74 on whose periphery is mounted theclutch band 7 5 whose ends areconnected to difierent points of the, hand lever 76 pivoted at 7-7 to bearings 78.:fixed on a supporting base 79 on the ground. On said lever-76 is slidably mounted the catch rod 80 actuated by a coil spring 81 surrounding the same and connected to a handle 82 pivoted at 83 on the handlev of said lever 76.. The catch 80 is designed to engage one of the teeth of gear sector'84 fixed on thezsupportingbase 79 at a silde'of bearings 78.- .4

' The transferring beain 49is provided .un-

'd'erneath its. lowerface' and on. the end which is in front of the driving means 65 and 72 with a counterweight 85 which .is slidably controlledon a supporting guide '86 fixed to said beam 49, bylnea-ns of a set screw 87. On the upper side of saidbeam 49 are'fixed stops 88 and 89 the latter of which has a sloping-extension 89J- The beam'49 forms between said stops a track or guide member fora trolley wheel 90 from whose shaft 91 depends a frame 92 from whichis suspended through chains 93 the frame v94. Chains 95 hang from the frame 94, and are hooked to the slings 96 holding the load of cane 97, and from the other .side' of said frame 94 hang the chains 98 .carrying the sling releasers 99 which are actuated by the releasing chains 99- connetced to arms 100 ofla releasingbar 101. Said. bar 101 is rotatably mounted on the outer side of frame 94 and carries a' cen tral. arm 102 to which islaced the releasing cord 103 which is guided around sheaves 104 and 105 respectively supported on-a side of .the frame 92. The transverse bolts 3 and6 serve to limit the upward movement of the beam 49.' Moreover, thelower positions of the beam 40 are limited by a cross bar 106 connected to the standards 1 and by a cross bar 106, connected to the stand: ards4. r

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: Assuming the load of cane 97 on cart 107 is properly slung, the transferring beam 49 is lowered to the lowermost position in: thecart by inclining the same to wards: the latter by loosenin-g thesuspen si en cable 50*, by-preperly operating the lever 76 of the clutch band 7 until the slings: 96 are hoolsed' with the-chains 95 andwith' the releasers- 99; The cable -73-i-s then pulled and the cable 50 willwind on the drum 65 thereby lifting beam 49 at the end which bears :theweight 85. Said beam49 takes successively the :position's incheated by dotted l ines in Fig-:1 0f the drawings, but on passing sai-dbeam beyond the horizontal position AB it" inclines towards theether' end as/indicated by dotted lines C D, owing to the gravity force. The trolley 90 runs on the beam 49 from the top; 88toi top 89 and goes up the slope 89 of the same. The weight of the load aids in taking the position indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 5 of the drawings, in which position the load of cane comes as near as possible to the floor of the wagon 108 and is discharged therein by pulling the releasing cord 103 which releases the releasers 99 through the medium of the rotatable bar 101. During such interval, that is, when the load of cane 97 has been freely suspended in the air from the transferring beam 49, the tension strength exerted on the hoisting cable 50 has caused its levers 10 and 11 to oscillate on their fulcrum points and transmitted at the same time such strength to the lever of the second class 24, which in turn transmits same to the lever 32 of the first class. Said lever 32 rocks very slightly'and transmits the same strength to the transverse lever of second class 42 which transmits the strength through rod 46 to the lever 47 of the weighing scale 48 and to the scale beam 48 which marks the weight of said load of cane 97 Once the load has been discharged into the wagon 108, by releasing the clutch band 7 5, the beam 49 and the system of sheaves which guide the hoisting cable 50 are subjected to the free action of the counterweight which is great enough to cause the beam to descend without load at the end corresponding to said counterweight. Said free action also causes the beam 49 to ascend at the opposite end, whereby when commencing the inclination towards the first end, the trolley slides freely by gravity from the top 89 to stop 88-, resuming the position indicated by full lines in Fig. 1. The apparatus is then ready for taking and hoisting another load of cane, the described operation being repeated.

It is obvious that the details of construction of the transferring beam and .of the system of levers from which it is suspended and which transmit the action of the weight to the weighing scale 46,.can vary without altering the spirit of the invention which is as set forth in the appended claims.

"311. AL hoisting and weighing apparatus comprising anelevated frame, a system of levers mounted. at even balance at. the higher part of the frame, a weighing scale, means connectingthe same to the! levers, a a guide member; acab'le byfwlaic-h said guide member is: suspended frona said- 1 system of levers, Slil;6&VGS:OIl which said cable is guided, drum on which; said cable is wound, drivingmeans for said drum, and sliding: means on said guide member for receivingand discharging the load. v

2". Hoisting and weighing apparatus comprising arr elevated frame, a system of levers mounted at even i'bal ance the upper part of=the frame, a weighing scale; means colanecting the same to the levers, a guide member, a cable by which said guidemember is suspended from said system of levers at two opposite points, a system of sheaves on which said cable is guided, a counterweight at one end of said guide member, a drum on which said cable is wound,'friction means on the drum, driving means for the drum, and sliding means on said guide member between its suspension points for receiving and discharging the load. i

3. Hoisting and weighing apparatus comof the frame, a weighing scale in the lower P part of the frame, means connecting said scale to said levers, a guide member, a cable by which said guide member is suspended from two different levers at two opposite end points, said cable being connected to one of said levers, a system of sheaves on which said cable is guided, a counterweight at one end of'the guide member, a drum on which said cable is wound, friction means on the drum, driving means for the drum, sliding means onthe guide member for carrying the frame holding the load and stops on said guide member in points located more to the inside than the suspension points, for limiting the position of said sliding means.

4. Hoisting and weighing apparatus comprising an elevated frame, a system of levers mounted at even balance on the upper part of the frame, a weighing scale, means connecting said scaleto said levers, a longitudinal beam, a cable suspending said beam at points near its ends from two different lower levers of said system, said cable having one end fixed to one of said two levers, a system:

driving means for the drum,- a counter- 7 weight on the end of said beam near the drum, a trolley slidably arranged on said beam between the suspension points thereof,

a load holding frame carried by thetrolley, and stops on the guide in points located more to the inside than the suspension points of the same to limit the position of .the trolley. I

5; Hoisting and Weighing apparatus comprising an elevated frame, a system of levers mounted at evenbalancegat the upper part of the frame, a weighing scale, means connecting said scale to said levers, a longitudinal beam, acable by which said beam is suspended at points near its ends from .two of the said system of levers which are arranged below the others, a system of sheaves by which said cable isguided, two of said sheaves being connected to the suspension points of the beam and two of the other a drum on which saidfcable is wound, friction means on the drum, driving means on the-jdrum, a counterweight carried on the end ofthe'beam nearer the drum, a trolley slidable on the beam between its suspension points, a load'holding frame carried by the trolley, stops for the trolley on the beam arranged more to the inside than the suspension points of the same, and stops on the elevated frame for limiting the upward movement'of the two ends of the beam.

In witness whereof I affix my signature.

V oTILIo MORIN. 

